The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2036
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 AM
10:37 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1402
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 | 240.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 51m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.12° / 2.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.39° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.26° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.