The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2141
Waxing Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
3:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2701
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 | 133.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.9° / 41.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / -8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.59° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.09° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.