The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Waxing Gibbous
82.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
3:47 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1056
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 | 131.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.6° / 41.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.27° / -3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 4.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.29° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.