The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1953
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 AM
11:45 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 376
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 88.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 26.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.99° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.51° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.29° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.