The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1978
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:28 PM
2:47 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 105.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 57.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 45m / 5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.67° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.53° / 3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.25° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| 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.