The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
5:23 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 154.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 2.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -6.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.19° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.28° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.