The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2045
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1519
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 43m / -23.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.35° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.08° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.62° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.