The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 PM
4:37 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2465
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 | 134.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.1° / 29.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 3.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.67° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.82° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.