The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 2017
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
11:14 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1166
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 | 250.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.1° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 35m / -19.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.40° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.71° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.