The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1911
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
6:31 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -144
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,000 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.3° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -26.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.47° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.58° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.80° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.