The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1933
Waning Gibbous
59.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 AM
12:00 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.6%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 128
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -18.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.46° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.09° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.