The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 1986
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
2:59 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 784
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 | 97.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.3° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 14.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.91° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.68° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.