The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 1993
Waning Crescent
21.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 AM
4:12 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 870
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 | 304.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.2° / 229.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / 4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.30° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.58° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.