The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 16, 1948
Waxing Gibbous
57.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:41 PM
3:04 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.3%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 54.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 31m / 14.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.01° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.30° / 0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.