The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 1998
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 932
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 | 226.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -18.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.34° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / -5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.69° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.