The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
1:21 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2261
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 | 105.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.5° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.98° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.13° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.55° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.