The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2038
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:02 PM
4:37 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1427
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 | 136.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 26.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / 0.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.24° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.28° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| 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.