The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 17, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
2:52 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2899
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 | 105.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.8° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 54m / 4.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.02° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.82° / 2.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.09° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.