The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 PM
3:53 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3035
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 | 119.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / 6.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.46° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / -5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.89° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.