The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2009
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
6:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Corvus
- Lunation number
- 1073
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 | 352.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 166.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -11.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.20° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.13° / 7.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.03° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.