The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1977
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 AM
6:33 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 672
Events on this date
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 188.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.98° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.69° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.