The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1965
Waning Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
7:38 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 204.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 22m / -23.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.28° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.05° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.