The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2086
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 384,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2021
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 | 46.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 85.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 53m / 20.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.44° / -2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.76° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.85° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.