The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 2031
Waning Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 AM
4:20 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 25.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1340
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 | 306.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 227.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.65° / 4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.96° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.