The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
4:38 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -218
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,000 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.8° / 16.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -10.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.46° / 4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.21° / -5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.59° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 301.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.