The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 2045
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 AM
9:03 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1513
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 16.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.43° / 4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.34° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 208.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.