The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
62.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:22 PM
1:34 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.1%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -255
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 | 103.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 71.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.87° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.03° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 82.99° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.