The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
5:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1662
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 150.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.8° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.56° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.29° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.