The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2015
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
8:15 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1142
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 | 353.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 13m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.71° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.57° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 44.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.