The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 PM
6:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 355.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.23° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.