The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2055
Waning Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 AM
12:16 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 261.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.76° / -0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.25° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.5° |
| 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.