The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2088
Waning Crescent
22.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 AM
4:10 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.0%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2045
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.2° / 227.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.04° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.39° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.