The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1915
Waxing Crescent
2.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:46 AM
9:37 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.4%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -94
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.7° / 116.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 26.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.80° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.41° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.