The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2161
Waning Crescent
2.8% 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
6:03 AM
5:48 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2953
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 | 341.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 179.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -5.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.69° / -3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.44° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.87° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.