The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2050
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
4:17 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1575
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.5° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 4.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.79° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.