The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% 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
1:49 PM
3:11 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.33° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.15° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.11° / 0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.