The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 17, 2185
Waning Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
4:02 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3250
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.7° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.97° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.90° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.0° |
| 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.