The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 2195
First Quarter
49.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 PM
2:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3369
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.1° / 64.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.67° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.58° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.91° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.