The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1920
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
5:53 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -33
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 | 324.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 205.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 9.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.89° / 2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.46° / -2.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -150.48° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.