The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2071
Waning Gibbous
93.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
8:18 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.8%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1835
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.3° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.47° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.06° / -6.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.87° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.