The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 PM
6:50 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2669
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 | 170.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 348.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.53° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.55° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.4° |
| 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.