The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 1985
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 AM
6:46 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 771
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.5° / 183.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 10.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.27° / -1.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.50° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.