The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2035
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
3:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1390
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 | 117.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.9° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 35m / 3.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.87° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.10° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.