The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1901
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
7:19 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,700 km.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.4° / 181.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 04m / 17.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.66° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.79° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.67° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.