The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1900
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:00 PM
5:48 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -280
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 192.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.4° / 310.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -21.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.89° / -0.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / 0.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.61° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.