The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2052
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
4:15 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1605
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 302.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.4° / 235.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 53m / 9.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.24° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.15° / 4.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.84° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.