The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 1944
Waning Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
2:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 263
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 | 289.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 224.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 18m / -17.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.56° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.63° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.77° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.