The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
3:32 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2231
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 | 128.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 45.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.98° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.12° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.49° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.