The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2142
Waning Crescent
2.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
5:48 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.7%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2718
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 2.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.89° / -4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.96° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.05° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.