The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2054
Waning Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
8:25 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1630
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 | 190.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 322.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 18m / 8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.23° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.13° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.20° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.