The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2149
Waxing Gibbous
79.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 PM
4:09 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2800
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 | 125.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 37.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / 3.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.89° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.97° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.49° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.