The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1945
Waxing Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
1:45 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 277
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 | 75.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 66.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.84° / 2.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.55° / -3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.16° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.