The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
58.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
2:29 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 450
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 | 100.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 60.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 24m / 6.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.21° / -3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 4.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.07° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.