The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1928
Waning Crescent
21.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:15 AM
4:04 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 66
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 216.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 09m / -4.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.81° / -0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.