The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 1922
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 AM
12:10 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -8
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 | 257.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.4° / 251.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.88° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.96° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.09° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.