The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1925
Waning Crescent
34.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 AM
2:35 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.5%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 288.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 230.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -9.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.46° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.30° / 4.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -102.93° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.