The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 2058
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:03 AM
3:48 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1674
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 | 302.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.9° / 220.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -4.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.30° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.22° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.34° / -0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.