The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2009
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
11:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1068
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 | 251.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 250.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -18.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 306.88° / 0.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / -0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.08° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.