The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Waning Gibbous
72.7% 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
12:40 AM
10:50 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 243.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.4° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.08° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -2.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.68° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.