The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
67.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
4:17 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1253
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 | 110.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.1° / 40.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 19.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.00° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.26° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.2° |
| 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.