The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 2030
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:23 PM
6:07 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1328
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,000 km.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 304.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 48m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.59° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.09° / 2.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.67° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.