The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1951
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
3:09 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 351
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 | 106.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 53.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.73° / 0.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.74° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.65° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.