The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1920
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
8:16 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -33
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 2.6° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.8° / 149.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 02m / 16.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.02° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / 0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.96° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.