The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1924
Waxing Gibbous
85.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
4:24 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.1%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 17
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 | 134.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 30.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / -0.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.16° / 3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / -3.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.66° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.