The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
5:02 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 486
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 | 154.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.6° / 20.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 2.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.54° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.54° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.