The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2039
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 AM
1:28 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1439
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 | 276.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 234.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -15.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.17° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.10° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.