The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2058
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 AM
2:39 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 375,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1674
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 | 289.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 227.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 15m / -10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.58° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.12° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.