The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2066
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
1:29 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1773
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -8.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.26° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / -4.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.47° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.