The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2130
Waning Gibbous
99.2% 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
7:44 PM
8:13 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2570
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 | 189.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.3° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 10m / 7.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.13° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.39° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.