The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
6:10 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1191
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 | 155.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 357.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.84° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.61° / -5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.