The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2028
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 AM
6:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1308
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -11.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.37° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.83° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.