The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1921
Waxing Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:34 PM
3:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 377,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -20
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 | 129.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 16m / -3.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.24° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / 2.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.29° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.