The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 2142
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
12:12 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2712
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.6° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 29m / -18.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.03° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.34° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.