The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 2061
Waxing Crescent
16.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
8:57 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.1%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1717
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° 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 | 47.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.8° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -26.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.81° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.93° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.