The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1976
Waning Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
7:54 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 660
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 280.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -19.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.14° / 3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.47° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.08° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.4° |
| 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.