The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
4:03 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1390
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 37.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 24m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.59° / 2.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.48° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.90° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.