The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2008
Waning Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 PM
11:18 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1061
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 310.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 25.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.43° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / -5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.36° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.