The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2025
Waning Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
5:09 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 316.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.5° / 214.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 53m / 7.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.48° / 0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.12° / -0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.69° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.