The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1900
Waning Gibbous
93.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 PM
7:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -281
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 289.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -20.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.56° / -1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.78° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.