The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2011
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:08 PM
6:08 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 358,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1092
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,100 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.7° / 329.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 10m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.94° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.