The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 2016
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 PM
9:17 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 358,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 201.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.81° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 6.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.76° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| 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.