The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1994
Waxing Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
1:22 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 882
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 | 73.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.2° / 69.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 19.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.47° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.51° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.