The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
5:42 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1798
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 | 173.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 324.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 09m / -18.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.93° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.