The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2042
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
4:21 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1476
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 | 308.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 14m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.22° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.