The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2074
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
12:50 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 386,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1872
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.7° / 242.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 51m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 324.83° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.07° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.