The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
6:56 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1729
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 | 171.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 346.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 57m / 8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.23° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.37° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.