The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1926
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 41
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 | 64.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.5° / 81.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 07m / 21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.61° / -1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.23° / 2.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.65° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.