The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2044
Waning Gibbous
73.5% 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
1:10 AM
10:26 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -23.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.49° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.06° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.