The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1976
Waning Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 660
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 | 231.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 264.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -17.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.24° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.45° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.