The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2069
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
8:18 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1816
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.1° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 20m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.89° / 1.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / -1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.60° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.