The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
4:49 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -219
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 | 153.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 23.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 05m / 1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.58° / 1.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.76° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.