The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Waning Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:18 AM
3:58 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1105
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 | 301.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 3.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.09° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.16° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.