The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2003
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 PM
2:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 26.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.21° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.79° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.