The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2049
Waxing Gibbous
95.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
4:45 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.7%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1563
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 | 156.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 5.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -15.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.53° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.89° / 0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.