The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2010
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1081
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 | 46.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.1° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.94° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.64° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.