The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
5:01 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1593
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 | 149.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.4° / 14.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / 0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.16° / 2.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / -2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.77° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.