The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1973
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
5:27 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 622
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.9° / 342.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.04° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.79° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.20° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 184.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.