The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1901
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 AM
6:06 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 359,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -268
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 | 338.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.7° / 211.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 03m / 14.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.59° / 1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.30° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.43° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.