The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
4:38 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 252
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 | 138.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.2° / 25.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -1.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.62° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -4.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.85° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.