The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1957
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 224.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.44° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.45° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.66° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.