The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2117
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 PM
6:18 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2404
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 | 188.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.0° / 292.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -24.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.89° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.70° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 129.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.