The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2092
Waxing Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
4:04 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2095
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.3° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.33° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.49° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.8° |
| 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.