The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1974
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
4:28 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 635
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 | 307.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 227.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.55° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.98° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.