The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2001
Waning Crescent
38.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 AM
2:07 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.4%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 231.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.43° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.92° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.