The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1960
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:36 AM
10:53 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 461
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.8° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 10m / -17.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.74° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.01° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.