The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:48 PM
4:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 153.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.6° / 14.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -15.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.51° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.91° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.