The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:51 PM
2:14 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2058
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 | 97.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 63.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 20m / 6.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.56° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 4.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.52° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.