The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2015
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
5:58 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1142
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.4° / 198.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 19m / 7.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.95° / -1.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.09° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.