The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2016
Waxing Gibbous
68.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
3:14 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1155
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 112.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.9° / 51.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 13m / 4.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 167.31° / -0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.78° / 0.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.88° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.