The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2119
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 AM
1:52 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2429
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 66.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 19.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.10° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -2.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.91° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.