The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 1911
Waning Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 PM
7:54 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -145
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 | 225.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.6° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 40m / -25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.98° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.26° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.98° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.