The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1982
Waning Crescent
38.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 AM
12:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 396,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 733
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 | 283.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.1° / 238.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 54m / -19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.49° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / 3.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.67° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.