The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2076
Waxing Gibbous
94.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
5:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1897
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 | 153.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 4.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -7.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.47° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.49° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.