The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Waxing Gibbous
87.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
4:42 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.1%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1192
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 | 138.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.9° / 24.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.59° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 44.10° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.