The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1937
First Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 AM
1:21 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 177
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 70.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 47m / 17.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.40° / -3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.22° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.