The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1914
Waning Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
10:37 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -107
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.3° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 53m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.95° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.27° / 3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.79° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.