The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1979
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 376,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 696
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 265.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 01m / -18.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.36° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.17° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.64° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.