The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1969
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
8:26 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 398,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 352.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 67.2° / 146.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 53m / 20.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.87° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.86° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.37° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.