The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1917
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 AM
4:22 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 317.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.8° / 237.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 10.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.00° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.31° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.