The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2093
Last Quarter
51.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 AM
12:56 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.0%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2107
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 241.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -14.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.57° / -2.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / 3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.87° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.