The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 1949
Waning Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:41 AM
9:32 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 233.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 26m / -27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.04° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.08° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.