The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2021
Waxing Crescent
20.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
12:29 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.3%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1217
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 53.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 26m / 25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.36° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / -3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.39° / -0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.