The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1909
Waning Crescent
9.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:48 AM
4:15 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -170
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 | 324.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.0° / 208.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.96° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.51° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.78° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.