The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2014
Waning Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 AM
3:35 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.1° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 03m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.63° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.23° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| 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.