The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2046
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
10:28 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1531
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 | 209.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 316.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 22m / 23.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.06° / 4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.77° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.