The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1941
Waning Gibbous
64.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:07 AM
11:46 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.4%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 227
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 | 253.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 253.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 41m / -14.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.78° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.82° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.67° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.