The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, April 17, 2191
Waning Crescent
40.9% 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
3:49 AM
1:16 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3318
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 | 280.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 226.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.41° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.22° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.