The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1913
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
3:03 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -119
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 | 132.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.0° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 28m / -3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.89° / -0.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.81° / 1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.