The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
84.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
4:13 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 133.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.1° / 33.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -2.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.07° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.48° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.