The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
5:21 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1055
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 | 148.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 11.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 44m / -1.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.81° / -2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.07° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.