The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2000
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
5:11 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 957
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 | 149.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 38m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.56° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.70° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.