The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 2041
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 PM
7:09 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1464
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 | 200.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 278.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 05m / -25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.71° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.10° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.09° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.