The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2036
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 AM
12:26 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1402
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 | 262.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.76° / 0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.67° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.