The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2028
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
12:23 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1303
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 | 261.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.4° / 247.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.83° / 1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -2.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.87° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.