The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1952
Last Quarter
49.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 AM
1:08 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 363
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 242.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 55m / -12.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.44° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / 0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.10° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.