The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2006
Waning Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
7:33 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1031
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 | 209.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.8° / 268.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 32m / -28.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.81° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.11° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.