The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2149
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
8:11 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2805
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 | 188.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 11m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.18° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.74° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.84° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.7° |
| 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.