The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, April 17, 2106
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:51 PM
6:15 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2267
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 | 172.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 07m / -9.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.32° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 3.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.66° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.