The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2003
Full Moon
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:56 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 994
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 10:02 PM, is deepest at 11:40 PM and ends at 1:17 AM. Totality lasts from 11:13 PM to 12:06 AM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.8° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.54° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -0.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.88° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.