The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
70.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
3:16 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.5%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 51.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 22m / 3.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.84° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.69° / 1.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.46° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.