The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Waxing Crescent
6.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
8:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.8%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1111
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 | 30.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.5° / 132.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 30m / -19.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.78° / -0.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.76° / 0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.83° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.