The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 2066
Waning Crescent
43.8% 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
3:03 AM
1:19 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1772
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 | 277.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 234.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 28m / -17.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.26° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.53° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.