The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 PM
8:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 659
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.56° / 2.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.78° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.