The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 1998
Waning Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
5:50 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 329.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 192.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.99° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.37° / -2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.56° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.