The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 2030
Full Moon
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 PM
6:08 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1327
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.5° / 330.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 11m / -12.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.05° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.09° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.48° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.