The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
75.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
4:14 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.6%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1624
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.51° / -0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / 1.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.25° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.