The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 PM
3:50 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1291
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 | 134.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 39.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -7.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.79° / -4.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.50° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.