The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Waxing Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
8:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1247
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 | 34.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 132.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -22.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.05° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.71° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.54° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.