The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
5:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2768
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 | 152.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 9.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / -1.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.98° / -0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.74° / 1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.13° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| 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.