The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 2013
Waxing Crescent
44.9% 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
12:46 PM
1:34 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 84.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 9.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.91° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.48° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.51° / -0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.