The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1925
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:59 AM
1:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 28
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 | 292.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 234.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -15.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.59° / -0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.47° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.