The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1984
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
7:14 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 759
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 55m / -23.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.06° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.91° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.67° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.