The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 1999
Waxing Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 AM
11:17 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 361,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 945
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 | 30.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.2° / 96.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 19.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.11° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 153.10° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.