The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2003
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 PM
7:17 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 361,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 994
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 | 201.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.2° / 278.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.69° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.47° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.