The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2183
Waning Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
4:16 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3220
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,500 km.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 306.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 221.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 0.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.42° / 0.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.02° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.