The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2033
Waning Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
8:05 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1365
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 | 206.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 281.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 27m / -18.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.13° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.50° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.