The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2177
Waning Gibbous
79.3% 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
12:23 AM
9:57 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.3%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3146
Events on this date
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Saturn behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 258.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 33m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.44° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.73° / 0.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.06° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| 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.