The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
4:20 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 116
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 | 143.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.9° / 26.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.48° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.77° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.88° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.