The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1930
Waning Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 90
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 | 234.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 263.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.21° / -3.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.66° / 5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.79° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.