The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
76.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:57 PM
3:26 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.3%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1291
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 | 121.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / -1.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.30° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.03° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.1° |
| 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.