The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:53 PM
5:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 362,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2973
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 | 155.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 3.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -11.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.58° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.47° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.