The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:19 PM
5:14 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 151.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.7° / 7.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.80° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.53° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.91° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.