The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 17, 2188
Waning Gibbous
55.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
12:24 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3282
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 | 263.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 241.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 42m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.54° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.44° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.48° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.6° |
| 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.