The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1927
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:55 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 54
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.4° / 296.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 17m / -19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.71° / 1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.49° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.