The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1996
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
6:59 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 907
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 | 338.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 11.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.56° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.73° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.51° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.