The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1973
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
6:10 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 623
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 185.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 298.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -23.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.65° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.40° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 137.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.