The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:29 PM
2:04 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -156
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 | 97.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.2° / 64.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 15.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.11° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.59° / -6.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.40° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.