The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2058
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 AM
7:11 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 0.1 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1680
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 1.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 151.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.98° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.10° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.