The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 PM
7:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -46
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 | 205.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.0° / 282.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.71° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.18° / 2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.90° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.