The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2017
Waning Gibbous
80.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.8%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1167
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 | 232.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -19.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.05° / 3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.48° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.