The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2108
Waxing Crescent
42.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:28 PM
1:27 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2293
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 | 80.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 16m / 11.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.93° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.92° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.