The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2116
Waxing Crescent
29.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 AM
1:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.4%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2392
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 24m / 24.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.42° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.00° / -6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.57° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.