The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2051
Waxing Crescent
31.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
12:45 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.5%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1588
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 | 68.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.8° / 76.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 15m / 14.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.82° / -5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.57° / 7.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.56° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.