The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 2006
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1030
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 | 226.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.8° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -27.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.88° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.32° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.