The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2082
Waning Gibbous
68.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
11:04 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.5%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1971
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 | 248.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 250.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -21.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.66° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.44° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.