The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 16, 1968
Waning Gibbous
76.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
9:52 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.8%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 237.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.33° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.87° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.