The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 2042
Waning Crescent
10.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
5:36 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1476
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 321.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.0° / 205.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.62° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 1.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.46° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.