The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2087
Waning Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:58 PM
1:40 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2038
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 | 256.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.1° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 46m / 18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.93° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.17° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.