The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2172
Waning Crescent
32.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:31 AM
2:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3084
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 | 290.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.9° / 228.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 18m / -8.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.12° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.35° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.54° / 0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.