The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2073
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 PM
8:59 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1865
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 | 197.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 317.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 45m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.18° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.98° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.