The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
6:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1661
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 | 155.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 356.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.97° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.26° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.