The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1966
Waning Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
4:11 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 535
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.2° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -7.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.74° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.98° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 59.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.