The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1926
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 42
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 | 44.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.3° / 84.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 39m / 22.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.96° / -0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.17° / 1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.44° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.