The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1903
Waning Gibbous
76.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
9:29 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.4° / 270.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.54° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.49° / -6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.59° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.