The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2030
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
4:37 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1328
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 | 154.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 10.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 43m / -14.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.27° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.57° / 5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.69° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.