The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 PM
2:35 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2664
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.06° / -0.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.89° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.