The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2099
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
9:08 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2187
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 | 49.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.1° / 124.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -27.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.01° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.78° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.51° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.