The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
60.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
3:52 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1018
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 | 101.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 46.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 22.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.27° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.51° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.06° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.