The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2112
Waning Gibbous
75.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
10:25 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.0%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2342
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 | 240.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 255.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -21.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.15° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 1.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.27° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.