The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1930
Waning Gibbous
84.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:07 AM
8:54 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 225.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.2° / 257.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -27.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.90° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.73° / 6.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.28° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.