The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1993
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 AM
5:10 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 315.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 219.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 38m / 9.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.23° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.81° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.