The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 1995
Waning Gibbous
93.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 PM
8:21 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 894
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,700 km.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 280.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 41m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.00° / 1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.89° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| 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.