The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 16, 1956
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
1:32 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 413
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 | 82.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 70.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.51° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.69° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.95° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.