The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1917
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
3:00 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -71
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 22m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.16° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -4.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.11° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.