The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 2176
Waxing Gibbous
64.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
3:43 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.7%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3133
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 | 107.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.9° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 11m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.36° / 0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.29° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.43° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.