The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:53 PM
3:33 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 371,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -82
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 | 154.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.00° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.51° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.57° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.