The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1936
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 AM
2:53 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 164
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.1° / 231.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -6.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.83° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.91° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.