The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 1988
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:18 AM
10:06 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 809
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 | 9.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.3° / 109.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 25.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.33° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.23° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.57° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.