The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
75.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 PM
4:21 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.5%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2094
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 120.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.1° / 36.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 12.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.27° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.01° / -0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.64° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| 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.