The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1936
Waning Crescent
34.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
2:48 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.4%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 165
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 | 288.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 238.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.00° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.15° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.