The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1938
Waning Gibbous
90.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
8:44 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.2%
- Age
- 17.4 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 216.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 271.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -20.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.54° / 3.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.16° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.86° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.