The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1906
Waning Crescent
26.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:43 AM
2:24 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.6%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -206
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 | 298.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 238.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 43m / -5.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.94° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.25° / 4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.86° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.