The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
4:00 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 361,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -218
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 | 149.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 35.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 36m / -5.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.50° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.77° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| 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.