The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:13 PM
3:22 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 114.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.81° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 1.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.85° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.