The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 17, 2184
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:30 PM
2:22 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3233
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 10.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 151.61° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.90° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| 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.