The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 16, 1960
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 AM
11:53 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 254.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 252.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 49m / -14.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.76° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.48° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.