The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
2:13 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1823
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 | 96.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 6.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.98° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.24° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.33° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| 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.