The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
75.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
2:34 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 43m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.64° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.