The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1995
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
7:58 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 895
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 | 205.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.5° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.85° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.88° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.