The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1982
Waning Crescent
35.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
2:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.6%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 734
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 | 286.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.3° / 230.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -10.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.41° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.33° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.34° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.