The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1964
Waxing Crescent
30.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
1:10 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.0%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 512
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 70.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 22.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.05° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.78° / -2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.59° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.