The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, April 17, 2169
Waning Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
11:02 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3046
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 | 252.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.7° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.23° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.75° / 1.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.53° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.