The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
2:36 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -255
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 59.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / -3.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.27° / -2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.90° / 3.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.59° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.