The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2088
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:01 AM
5:18 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2045
Events on this date
-
Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 214.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 52m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.93° / 1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.94° / -2.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.63° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.