The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1955
Waning Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 AM
1:49 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 400
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 | 277.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 243.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 06m / -6.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.15° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.66° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.74° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.