The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2002
Waxing Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 982
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 | 37.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 86.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 11m / 24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.41° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.43° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.