The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 PM
3:17 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 395,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2330
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 108.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.2° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 07m / 8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.30° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -3.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.07° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.