The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 17, 2090
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:45 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2070
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 | 228.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 266.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 04m / -17.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.34° / 4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.85° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.