The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2071
Waning Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
3:33 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 287.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 253.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.27° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.46° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.