The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1918
Waxing Crescent
38.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 PM
1:22 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -57
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 71.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 52m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.72° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 5.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.54° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.