The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2152
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
5:06 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2837
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 | 152.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 7.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -8.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.17° / 2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.68° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.