The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2166
Waning Crescent
33.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 AM
3:53 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3015
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 | 289.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 05m / 16.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.96° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.09° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.