The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2111
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:39 PM
8:05 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2335
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 | 187.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 324.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.16° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.24° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.