The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2076
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
1:22 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1902
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.9° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.40° / 1.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.93° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.