The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2144
Full Moon
99.8% 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
8:10 PM
6:27 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2737
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 6:41 PM, is deepest at 8:15 PM and ends at 9:49 PM. Totality lasts from 8:08 PM to 8:22 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 327.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -9.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.24° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.