The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
83.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 PM
3:54 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -4.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.35° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.77° / 2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.26° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.