The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2090
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
8:51 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2070
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 | 216.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.3° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.48° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.66° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.