The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
73.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:10 PM
2:49 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 214
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.3° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 45m / 8.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.44° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.16° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.