The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2109
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
2:56 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2310
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 | 276.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 264.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 07m / 16.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.28° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.34° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.86° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.