The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 PM
4:03 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 364,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1860
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 37.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.50° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.97° / -3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.29° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.