The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
10:49 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1049
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 | 70.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -27.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.55° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.22° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.