The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1987
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 796
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 | 222.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 37m / -28.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.24° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.33° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.48° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| 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.