The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1983
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:49 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 746
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 | 55.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.9° / 87.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 22.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.31° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.55° / 1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 121.46° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.