The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2123
Waning Gibbous
69.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
11:13 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.6%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2478
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 | 247.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.4° / 255.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 15m / -16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.40° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.49° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.