The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 16, 1975
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 AM
12:43 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 648
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 13m / 15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.95° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.94° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.36° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.9° |
| 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.