The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2022
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
7:12 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 278.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -25.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.52° / -2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.10° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.27° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| 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.