The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1973
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
4:59 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 623
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 | 162.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.3° / 351.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -18.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.56° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.97° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.90° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.