The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1946
Waning Gibbous
97.9% 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
10:21 PM
7:14 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 289
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 | 196.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 46m / -21.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.90° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.94° / -0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.28° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.