The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1990
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:40 AM
11:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 833
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 | 256.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 248.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -17.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.75° / 0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.25° / 0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.50° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.