The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2063
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
4:35 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1741
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 | 303.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.5° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 01m / 12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.84° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.11° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| 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.