The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1934
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 141
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 | 35.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.3° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.86° / 3.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -4.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 145.86° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.