The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2071
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 PM
9:07 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1835
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 | 219.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 271.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -18.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.49° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.06° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.