The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:23 PM
2:06 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -255
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 | 115.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 65.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 20m / 0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.72° / -3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / 4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.79° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.