The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1925
Last Quarter
45.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:42 AM
1:28 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.3%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 29
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 237.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 10m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.78° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 2.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.71° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.