The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1949
Waning Gibbous
74.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.4%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 325
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 | 240.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.3° / 258.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 52m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.18° / -4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.59° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.1° |
| 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.