The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 17, 2199
Last Quarter
46.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 AM
1:40 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 376,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3418
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 245.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 07m / -6.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.70° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.70° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.