The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
4:39 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 388
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 | 155.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.9° / 9.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.66° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / 6.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.67° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.