The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1964
Waxing Crescent
33.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:57 AM
12:21 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 511
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 | 70.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 76.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.69° / 0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.95° / -0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.05° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.