The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2182
Waning Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 PM
1:11 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 3213
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 | 250.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 283.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 20m / 18.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.78° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.84° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.