The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:56 PM
3:38 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 79
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 | 112.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.0° / 46.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 26m / 8.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.66° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.23° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.91° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.