The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 17, 2161
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 AM
1:02 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 398,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2947
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Apr 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 239.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -15.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.64° / 4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.55° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.15° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.