The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2079
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:54 PM
6:27 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1934
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 | 188.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.0° / 292.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -23.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.62° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.02° / 4.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.28° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.