The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1903
Waning Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 PM
8:37 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 277.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 45m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.63° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.16° / -6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.39° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.