Born on May 16

May 16 zodiac sign

If you were born on May 16, your Sun sign is Taurus.

The deep green heart of spring, slow, sure and beautiful.

EarthFixedVenus

On May 16 the Sun stands between 24° and 26° Taurus, in the 3rd decan of the sign.

Across all the years 1930 to 2050, the Sun was in Taurus for the whole of May 16, wherever in the world you were born.

Find your exact Sun degree

Add your birth year, and your time and place if you know them. Hali will work out exactly where the Sun stood when you arrived, and when it next returns there.

Birth time

Your birthday star

Algol

The day after your birthday, May 17, is when the Sun meets Algol each year. The head of Medusa, held high in the hand of Perseus. The most feared star of the old sky, and so a star of raw power and the nerve to face what others run from.

Algol sits at 26° Taurus.

The stars truly behind your Sun

On May 16 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, the constellation that gave Taurus its name.

See the real sky behind your whole chart

May 16 in every year from 1940 to 2025

The Sun is in Taurus on May 16, but the Moon, Mercury and Venus keep moving. Open your decade to see where they were on your birthday. Times are Greenwich time (UTC), so if the Moon changed sign that day, your birth time and place decide which side of the line you were born on.

The 1940s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1940VirgoTaurusCancer
1941Capricorn, then Aquarius from 00:15GeminiGemini
1942GeminiGeminiAries
1943LibraGemini, retrogradeCancer
1944PiscesTaurusTaurus
1945Cancer, then Leo from 17:57AriesAries
1946Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 13:46TaurusGemini
1947Pisces, then Aries from 08:57TaurusAries
1948Leo, then Virgo from 09:15GeminiCancer
1949CapricornGeminiGemini
The 1950s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1950TaurusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1951VirgoTaurusCancer
1952Aquarius, then Pisces from 22:06TaurusTaurus
1953CancerTaurusAries
1954ScorpioGeminiGemini
1955PiscesGeminiAries
1956LeoGemini, retrogradeCancer
1957Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 18:14Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1958Aries, then Taurus from 12:50AriesAries
1959Leo, then Virgo from 06:38TaurusCancer
The 1960s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1960AquariusTaurusTaurus
1961GeminiGeminiAries
1962LibraGeminiGemini
1963Aquarius, then Pisces from 22:32Taurus, retrogradeAries
1964Cancer, then Leo from 12:32TaurusCancer
1965SagittariusTaurusGemini
1966AriesTaurusAries
1967LeoGeminiCancer
1968CapricornGeminiTaurus
1969Taurus, then Gemini from 17:42GeminiAries
The 1970s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1970Virgo, then Libra from 14:03Taurus, retrogradeGemini
1971AquariusAriesAries
1972CancerTaurusCancer
1973ScorpioTaurusGemini
1974PiscesGeminiAries
1975Cancer, then Leo from 12:39GeminiCancer
1976Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 08:32Gemini, retrogradeTaurus
1977TaurusTaurusAries
1978VirgoTaurusGemini
1979CapricornTaurusAries
The 1980s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1980GeminiTaurusCancer
1981Libra, then Scorpio from 15:38GeminiGemini
1982Aquarius, then Pisces from 14:47GeminiAries
1983CancerTaurus, retrogradeCancer
1984SagittariusTaurusTaurus
1985AriesTaurusAries
1986LeoTaurusGemini
1987Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 02:37GeminiAries
1988Taurus, then Gemini from 06:32GeminiGemini
1989LibraGemini, retrogradeGemini
The 1990s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
1990AquariusTaurus, retrogradeAries
1991Gemini, then Cancer from 16:14AriesCancer
1992Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 23:22TaurusTaurus
1993Pisces, then Aries from 15:25TaurusAries
1994Cancer, then Leo from 10:59GeminiGemini
1995SagittariusGeminiAries
1996TaurusTaurus, retrogradeGemini
1997VirgoTaurusGemini
1998CapricornTaurusAries
1999GeminiTaurusCancer
The 2000s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2000Libra, then Scorpio from 02:17GeminiTaurus
2001PiscesGeminiAries
2002CancerGemini, retrogradeGemini
2003Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 11:43Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
2004Aries, then Taurus from 19:57TaurusGemini
2005Leo, then Virgo from 17:47TaurusGemini
2006Sagittarius, then Capricorn from 02:59TaurusAries
2007TaurusGeminiCancer
2008LibraGeminiTaurus
2009AquariusTaurus, retrogradeAries
The 2010s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2010Gemini, then Cancer from 17:46TaurusGemini
2011ScorpioTaurusTaurus
2012AriesTaurusGemini
2013LeoGeminiGemini
2014SagittariusGeminiAries
2015Aries, then Taurus from 07:03GeminiCancer
2016Virgo, then Libra from 17:33Taurus, retrogradeTaurus
2017Capricorn, then Aquarius from 17:50TaurusAries
2018GeminiTaurusGemini
2019Libra, then Scorpio from 21:26TaurusTaurus
The 2020s
YearMoonMercuryVenus
2020PiscesGeminiGemini
2021CancerGeminiGemini
2022Scorpio, then Sagittarius from 11:51Gemini, retrogradeAries
2023AriesTaurusCancer
2024VirgoTaurusTaurus
2025CapricornTaurusAries

Moon at midnight and the minute it changed sign, Mercury and Venus at noon, all Greenwich time. Your exact placements need your birth time and place. Find your exact Moon sign

Eclipses on May 16

Between 1930 and 2050, these eclipses fell on May 16, Greenwich time.

  • 2003, total lunar eclipse at 03:40
  • 2022, total lunar eclipse at 04:11
  • 2041, partial lunar eclipse at 00:41

How common is a May 16 birthday?

In US birth records from 1994 to 2014, an average of 11,283 babies were born on May 16 each year. That makes it number 127 of 366 birthdays, where 1 is the most common. That is 1% more than an average day.

See every birthday and sign ranked

More from our studies: The rarest rising sign, city by city · How rare is your Big Three? · Were you born with Mercury retrograde?

The Taurus in you

Your gift

Steadiness. People rest in your presence the way they rest under an old tree.

Your growing edge

Change. You can hold on long after something has stopped feeding you.

Your decan, the third part of Taurus

Ruled by Saturn

Saturn turns Taurus patience into ambition. You build things meant to outlast you, one careful stone at a time.

Read about the third decan of Taurus

Questions about May 16

What zodiac sign is May 16?

If you were born on May 16, your Sun sign is Taurus.

Is May 16 a cusp birthday?

No. The Sun is in Taurus all day on May 16 in every year between 1930 and 2050, so everyone born on this day is a Taurus.

What is the birthday star for May 16?

The day after your birthday, May 17, is when the Sun meets Algol each year. The head of Medusa, held high in the hand of Perseus. The most feared star of the old sky, and so a star of raw power and the nerve to face what others run from.

What was the Moon sign on May 16?

It depends on the year, because the Moon changes sign about every two and a half days. On May 16 2025 the Moon was in Capricorn, and on May 16 2024 it was in Virgo. Find your year in the table above, and add your birth time for the exact sign.

What constellation is the Sun in on May 16?

On May 16 the Sun stands in front of the stars of Taurus, the bull, the constellation that gave Taurus its name.

Everything about TaurusExact Taurus dates every yearAll birthdays

Your Sun sign is one star in a whole sky. Your Moon and rising sign tell the rest of your story.

See my birth chart