The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 PM
3:44 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1958
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 | 102.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 46.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 56m / 21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.61° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.69° / -4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.05° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.