The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2084
Waning Gibbous
84.9% 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
9:06 PM
11:49 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.9%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2001
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 | 225.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 304.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 24.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.99° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.32° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.