The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1919
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 PM
7:16 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -45
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 | 197.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.43° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.90° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.