The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Waxing Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
12:26 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1118
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 | 61.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 79.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.70° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.96° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.