The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1963
Waning Gibbous
59.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:54 AM
11:59 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.7%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 499
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 | 258.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 245.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 04m / -18.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.02° / -1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.26° / 2.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.11° / -1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.