The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:25 PM
5:38 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 251
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 10.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 5.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.73° / 2.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.84° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.82° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.