The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 PM
3:33 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 111.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.5° / 47.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 23m / 8.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.18° / 4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.10° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.