The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
4:15 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1291
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 | 146.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 25.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 18m / -13.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.11° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.31° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.