The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1983
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 747
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.2° / 87.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 24.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.91° / 0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.33° / -0.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.25° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.