The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1984
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 PM
7:05 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 758
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 27m / -17.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.71° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.33° / -1.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.18° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| 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.