The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2053
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:08 AM
8:14 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1612
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.6° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.44° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.17° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 39.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.