The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1995
Waning Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 AM
3:04 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 900
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 280.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 259.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 23m / 14.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.65° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 7.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.42° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.