The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1935
Waxing Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 PM
4:46 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 391,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 153
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 | 158.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.7° / 1.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.77° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.60° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.28° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.