The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 PM
5:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 387
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 358.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -12.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.32° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.97° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.