The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 17, 2195
Waxing Gibbous
61.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:37 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.0%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3369
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 | 102.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.3° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.52° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.16° / 4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.70° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.