The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 1998
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
10:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 931
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 | 244.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.9° / 256.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -18.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.54° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.62° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.92° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.