The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1919
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
8:05 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 208.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.2° / 276.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -21.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.41° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.09° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.