The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 2081
Waxing Gibbous
58.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:53 PM
2:49 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.1%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1959
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 | 99.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 57.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 10.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.62° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.25° / -1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.10° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.