The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2074
Waning Gibbous
62.6% 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
1:35 AM
11:46 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 255.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.4° / 248.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.72° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / 1.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.86° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.