The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -83
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 | 173.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 0.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.74° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.08° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.37° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.