The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1922
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
11:14 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -8
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 | 246.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.3° / 256.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 11m / -15.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.67° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.92° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.88° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.