The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2082
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:12 AM
9:59 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1970
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 | 242.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.6° / 249.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -28.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.87° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.69° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.30° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.