The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1942
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 AM
10:48 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 240
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 29m / 18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.68° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.50° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.29° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.