The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2047
Waning Gibbous
60.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 AM
12:04 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1538
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 | 257.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 249.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 58m / -14.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.67° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.46° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.