The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
5:29 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2298
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 | 155.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 58m / 0.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.53° / 0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / 0.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.56° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.