The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2018
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 AM
11:15 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1180
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 45m / 20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.45° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / 4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.30° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.