The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
4:53 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 152
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 | 166.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.4° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -9.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.26° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.49° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.75° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.