The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:13 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1019
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 | 104.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 10.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.19° / 3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.81° / -4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.87° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.