The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1963
Waning Crescent
38.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 AM
2:12 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.1%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 232.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -11.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 340.01° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.59° / 5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.54° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.