The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1987
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
7:32 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 796
Events on this date
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Moon, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,600 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 268.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 30m / -28.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.47° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.30° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.