The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2015
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:10 AM
7:08 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1141
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 165.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 44m / 4.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.78° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.38° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.