The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
3:44 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1526
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / -7.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.12° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / 6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.70° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.