The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2120
Waning Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2441
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,000 km.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.6° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 46m / -25.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.33° / -2.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.68° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.