The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1940
Waxing Gibbous
80.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
3:40 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.3%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.8° / 43.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 12m / -2.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.81° / -1.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.53° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.48° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.