The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2041
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
6:29 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 379,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1464
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 | 187.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.6° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 07m / -22.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.03° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.90° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.