The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
74.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
3:31 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.2%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 351
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 118.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 47.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 36m / 1.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.81° / -0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.46° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.