The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 1976
Waning Gibbous
89.1% 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
11:45 PM
8:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 218.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 271.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.40° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.26° / -0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.