The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1901
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
4:52 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -268
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 228.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 04m / 10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.60° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / -3.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.19° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.