The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1903
Waning Gibbous
68.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.1%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -243
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 | 248.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 265.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -14.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.41° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.84° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.79° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| 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.