The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1996
Waning Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:59 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 907
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 152.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 59m / 14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.41° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / 3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.75° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 56.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.