The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1925
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
3:40 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 222.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.91° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.15° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.