The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1911
Waning Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -144
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 | 228.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -27.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.18° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.47° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.18° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.