The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2020
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
3:08 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1203
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 | 300.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.4° / 213.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -15.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.75° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.08° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.76° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.