The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2025
Waning Gibbous
91.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1266
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 | 212.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 51m / -28.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 267.97° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.90° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| 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.