The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
2:54 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -157
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 | 103.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 55.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.28° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.77° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.39° / -0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.