The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 17, 2131
Waning Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
10:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2577
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 | 240.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.78° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.08° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.