The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2004
Waning Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:38 AM
5:25 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1006
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 | 320.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.9° / 205.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 01m / 4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.67° / -2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.83° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| 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.