The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
8:55 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1043
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 46m / 14.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.88° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.67° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.96° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 201.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.