The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2077
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
7:21 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1915
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 | 7.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 147.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -10.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.60° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -2.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.28° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.