The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2051
Waxing Crescent
41.3% 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
12:23 PM
1:23 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 393,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1588
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 | 79.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 71.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 06m / 11.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.53° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.14° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.33° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.