The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1991
Waxing Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 AM
11:54 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 846
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 | 34.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.4° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 59m / 25.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.86° / 1.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.02° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.68° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.