The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
3:44 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1155
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 | 123.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.9° / 43.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / 1.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.24° / 0.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.40° / -0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.68° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.7° |
| 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.