The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1929
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:37 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 375,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 58.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.68° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.70° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.32° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.