The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
86.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 PM
4:02 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.7%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 586
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 137.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.4° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 45m / -7.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.48° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.94° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.46° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.