The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1980
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:11 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 710
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 | 41.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.3° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 36m / 19.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.58° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.26° / 5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 144.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.