The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1975
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
1:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 648
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 | 79.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 08m / 11.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.98° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.14° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.