The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2015
Waxing Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
10:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 51.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.0° / 114.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 01m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.84° / 5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.87° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.