The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2169
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
10:38 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3047
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 | 243.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -22.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.04° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.46° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.