The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2001
Last Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 AM
1:09 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 969
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 237.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 05m / -16.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.52° / -3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.70° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.