The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1922
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -8
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 | 235.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 262.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 20m / -17.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.17° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.69° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.