The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
82.3% 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
4:34 PM
4:07 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1625
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.7° / 36.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 31m / -0.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.16° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.10° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.