The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 16, 1944
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
2:22 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 264
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 | 285.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 231.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -10.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.49° / -3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.90° / 4.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.73° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.