The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 16, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
79.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 PM
3:42 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.2%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 586
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.3° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 01m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.00° / -1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.09° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.65° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| 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.