The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2005
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
2:22 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1019
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 61.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 20.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.18° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.29° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.