The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:44 PM
5:24 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 721
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn 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 | 162.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.6° / 10.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 0.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.74° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.21° / -5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.76° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 305.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.