The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2053
Waning Crescent
8.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
5:56 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.5%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 372,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1612
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 | 326.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 197.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 23m / 6.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.59° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.85° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.69° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.