The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1981
Waxing Gibbous
90.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
4:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.1%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 722
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 | 143.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 18.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 15m / -2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.29° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.47° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.