The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 1994
Waxing Crescent
40.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 PM
1:20 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 883
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 | 79.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 72.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.75° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.47° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.32° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.