The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2061
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
6:51 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1711
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.6° / 187.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 57m / 13.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.87° / 1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.50° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.