The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:47 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2936
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 | 135.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 39.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / -9.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.31° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.30° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| 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.