The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1900
Waning Gibbous
95.5% 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
9:54 PM
6:39 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -280
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 | 204.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.1° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -22.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.91° / 0.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.79° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.