The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1985
Waning Crescent
5.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 AM
4:56 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 770
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 | 332.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.6° / 202.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -3.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.51° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.80° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.