The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
98.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
6:38 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.6%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 956
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 | 167.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.1° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -1.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.09° / 4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.49° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.