The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1968
Waning Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 561
Events on this date
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Neptune at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.0° / 258.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 40m / -28.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.91° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.51° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.68° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.