The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2089
First Quarter
44.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
1:35 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.9%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2058
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 83.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.0° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 10.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.50° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.73° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.