The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1912
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
7:51 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.2 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -132
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.5° / 170.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.55° / 2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.90° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.09° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.