The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 2165
Waxing Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 AM
1:15 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2998
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 | 74.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.1° / 72.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 49m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.55° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.92° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.