The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2004
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 AM
9:05 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,700 km.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.0° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 37m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.38° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.29° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.15° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.