The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1905
Waxing Gibbous
85.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
3:23 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.7%
- Age
- 11.0 days
- Distance
- 362,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -218
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 | 135.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.5° / 48.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 40m / -1.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.66° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / -3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.96° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.