The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1998
Waning Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
10:30 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 238.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.0° / 259.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.27° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.06° / -4.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.89° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.