The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2014
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
8:22 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1129
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -16.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.73° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -2.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.72° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.