The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2063
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:02 AM
10:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1736
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 | 240.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 00m / -24.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.13° / -3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.83° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.66° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.