The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 1998
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 AM
11:30 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 932
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.43° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.14° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.09° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.