The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2179
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
9:35 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3176
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 | 201.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 18.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.54° / 1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.21° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.85° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| 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.