The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
92.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 PM
5:00 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.4%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 363,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 17
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 148.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.0° / 13.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 34m / -5.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.70° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / -4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 26.47° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.