The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1957
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
8:30 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 213.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 274.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 55m / -20.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.82° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.47° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.