The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1966
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:12 AM
3:59 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 536
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 217.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / -4.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.37° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / 6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.21° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.