The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1968
Waning Gibbous
66.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:07 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 250.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 246.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 44m / -23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.29° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.50° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.06° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.