The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 2196
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
9:48 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3381
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 232.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.81° / 0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / 0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.66° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.