The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1957
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 PM
7:36 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 425
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 283.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 00m / -20.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.90° / 2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / -2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.28° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.