The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2129
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
7:08 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2551
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.0° / 162.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 1.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.44° / -3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.71° / 5.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.80° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 50.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.