The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
4:30 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1222
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 18.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 33m / -8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.40° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.82° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.