The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1908
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 PM
5:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -181
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 | 186.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 02m / -17.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.06° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.20° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.