The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2040
Waxing Crescent
26.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
1:06 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.0%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1452
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 71.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 02m / 24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.48° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.48° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.58° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.