The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1963
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
1:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 499
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
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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 | 271.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.9° / 239.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 58m / -15.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.32° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.15° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.32° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.0° |
| 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.