The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1983
Waxing Crescent
28.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
1:06 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 747
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 | 64.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.4° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 22.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.59° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.12° / -3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.79° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.