The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, April 17, 2104
Waning Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:03 AM
11:54 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2242
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 | 260.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 243.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 19m / -20.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.43° / 1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.26° / -1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.94° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.