The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2078
Waxing Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
1:47 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 376,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1921
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 | 71.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 64.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 27.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.86° / 4.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.79° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.14° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.