The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 2085
Last Quarter
48.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 AM
1:21 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.8%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2008
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -8.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.99° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.10° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.29° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.