The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2011
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
4:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1093
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,100 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 9.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.67° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.00° / 5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.49° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.