The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1941
Last Quarter
54.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:47 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.1%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 227
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 32m / -11.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.79° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.88° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.