The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1909
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
3:10 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 365,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -169
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 | 307.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.2° / 230.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -3.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.69° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.84° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.52° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.