The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2060
Waning Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
7:19 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1699
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 274.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -26.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.22° / -3.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.88° / 0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.