The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1930
Waning Gibbous
91.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.1%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 91
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 | 214.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.9° / 265.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -27.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.63° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.09° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.