The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
3:32 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1625
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 | 117.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.6° / 46.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 4.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.27° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / -1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.30° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.