The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
2:59 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1489
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 | 99.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.4° / 55.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 12.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.99° / 2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / -3.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.71° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.