The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1989
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 PM
3:37 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 821
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 | 123.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 46.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 51m / -1.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.47° / -2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.36° / 3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.07° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.