The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:13 PM
5:18 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.9° / 334.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 44m / -19.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.51° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.31° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.