The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Waxing Crescent
3.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 AM
10:06 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1179
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 | 20.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.6° / 112.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.16° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.48° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.