The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1960
Waning Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:46 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 462
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 | 241.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.1° / 258.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.49° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / -5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.28° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.