The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1952
Waning Gibbous
60.9% 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
1:50 AM
11:53 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.9%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 257.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.2° / 246.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -18.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.32° / -1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.71° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.89° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.