The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1917
Waning Crescent
21.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
3:12 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.7%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -70
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.5° / 243.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 4.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.96° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.08° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.