The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1949
Waning Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
10:38 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 326
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 248.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 22m / -24.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.96° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.36° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.27° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| 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.