The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2025
Waning Gibbous
78.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 AM
9:49 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.1%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1266
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -25.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.86° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / 6.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.28° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.