The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2019
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:15 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1197
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 | 223.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 23m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.10° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.58° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.