The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1900
Waning Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
7:37 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 381,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 281.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.15° / 1.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.98° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.