The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2063
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
9:14 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1736
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 | 229.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 257.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -26.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.97° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.46° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.