The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 1984
Waning Gibbous
92.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 PM
8:00 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.6%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 759
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 211.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 269.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 53m / -25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.50° / -1.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.99° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.85° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.