The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2141
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
10:04 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2706
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 | 206.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 316.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 11m / 20.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.99° / 2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.61° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.41° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.