The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
86.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
4:11 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -120
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 | 136.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.1° / 38.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 02m / 8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.45° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.49° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.35° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.