The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2025
Waning Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:15 AM
9:04 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1265
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 230.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.5° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.71° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.10° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.