The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1903
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -244
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 | 246.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 264.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.59° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.59° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.