The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2103
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:57 PM
10:08 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2236
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 | 206.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 317.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.52° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.81° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.