The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2082
Waning Gibbous
77.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 AM
9:55 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.7%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1971
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 | 236.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 254.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 40m / -24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.63° / -3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.30° / 4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.25° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.