The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
3:04 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 112.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 16m / 2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.84° / -2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.87° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| 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.