The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
61.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.2%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1254
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 | 102.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 53.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 48m / 10.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.14° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.12° / -3.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.28° / 1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.