The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 2173
Waxing Crescent
20.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:35 AM
12:42 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.5%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3097
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 | 53.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 73.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 29m / 27.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 109.74° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.57° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.