The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1997
Waxing Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
2:46 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 920
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.7° / 57.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 7.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.01° / -1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / 2.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.66° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.