The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
2:16 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 449
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 | 106.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 62.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.53° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.54° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.