The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2009
Last Quarter
46.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
1:31 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.7%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 397,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1068
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 243.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.87° / 2.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / -2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.50° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.