The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2009
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
12:30 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 262.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 247.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 23m / -13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.79° / 1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.29° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.