The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1933
Last Quarter
48.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:29 AM
1:11 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.3° / 241.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 57m / -13.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.94° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.30° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.