The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1962
Waxing Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
4:33 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 487
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 | 135.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 28.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / 0.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.42° / 4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.26° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.