The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:21 AM
6:05 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 184.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.14° / 3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / -3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.37° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.