The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1971
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:19 AM
10:26 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 597
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 249.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 14m / -25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.65° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.48° / 4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.24° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.