The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:10 PM
4:40 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1154
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 30.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 7.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.40° / -1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.66° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.