The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
5:45 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 378,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1897
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 | 166.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.7° / 340.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 50m / -12.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.94° / 3.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / -4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.31° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.