The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1906
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
1:30 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -207
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 | 292.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 235.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -15.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.29° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.94° / 0.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.67° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.