The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2050
Waning Crescent
31.3% 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
2:53 AM
3:08 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1575
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,200 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.0° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -0.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.15° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.25° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.56° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.