The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 PM
5:03 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 393,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2533
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 | 150.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -2.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.33° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.93° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.