The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1939
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
6:14 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 202
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 3.5° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 197.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 10.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.80° / 1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.29° / -0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.