The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
4:54 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 16
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 | 154.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 22.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / 1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.53° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.95° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.