The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1907
Waxing Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
10:43 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -193
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 | 36.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.0° / 101.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 21.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.58° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.27° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 142.73° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.