The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2001
Waning Crescent
31.5% 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
4:14 AM
2:22 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 968
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 291.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 220.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -18.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.61° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.96° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.