The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2054
Waxing Gibbous
62.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
2:55 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1625
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 55.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 159.28° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.64° / -0.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.50° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.