The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1920
Waning Crescent
2.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 AM
7:07 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.1%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -34
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.1° / 168.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.80° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / -3.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.73° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.