The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1958
Waning Crescent
8.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:33 AM
5:53 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.9%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 437
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 | 325.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.4° / 202.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 8.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.69° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.88° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.