The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2100
Waxing Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 PM
2:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 374,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2194
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 | 97.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.6° / 58.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 25m / 10.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.89° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.29° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| 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.