The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
7:57 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 424
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -20.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.48° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.48° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.97° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.