The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 PM
3:56 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 821
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 134.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 38.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / -6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.27° / -3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / 4.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.87° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.