The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1927
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 PM
6:26 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 53
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 | 186.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 332.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 08m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.83° / 4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.82° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.