The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1999
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
10:10 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 944
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.2° / 112.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 12.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.26° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.28° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.