The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 PM
5:46 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 164.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.1° / 344.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 40m / -10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.86° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.73° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.