The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2133
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
5:07 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2602
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 8.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -7.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.60° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.55° / -3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.50° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.