The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 2175
Waning Crescent
18.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:46 AM
4:35 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.7%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3121
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.6° / 222.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / 4.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.76° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / -2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.42° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.