The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
5:18 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 153
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 | 170.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 329.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 51m / -21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.69° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.10° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| 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.