The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 2028
Waning Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
1:34 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1302
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 | 280.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 231.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -17.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.86° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.12° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.