The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2091
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
7:12 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2081
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
28° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 161.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 3.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.66° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.38° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.