The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
3:46 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 920
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 | 124.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 42.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / -0.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.78° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.26° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.