The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 1979
Waning Gibbous
84.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.6%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 697
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 | 226.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.5° / 267.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.30° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.62° / -5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.91° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.