The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2022
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
6:28 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1229
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:27 PM, is deepest at 12:11 AM and ends at 1:55 AM. Totality lasts from 11:28 PM to 12:54 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 01m / -21.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.58° / -0.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.63° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.09° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.