The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2143
Waxing Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
1:58 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2731
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 | 112.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 66.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 10m / -10.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.67° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.13° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.