The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2046
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
3:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1526
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 | 119.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 50.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -1.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.62° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.89° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.