The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 17, 2194
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
8:28 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3362
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 | 39.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.94° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.87° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.