The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1990
Waning Gibbous
56.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 AM
11:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.4%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 832
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 239.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -23.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.18° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.53° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.