The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2022
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:25 PM
5:52 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1229
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 | 172.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.6° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 02m / -16.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.78° / 0.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.09° / 0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.