The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1906
Last Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 AM
12:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -206
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 274.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -12.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.88° / -1.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 1.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.42° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.