The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1975
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
1:13 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 379,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 647
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 70.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.57° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.32° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.