The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2055
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
10:22 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1637
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 | 238.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 258.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 38m / -19.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.95° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / -1.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.85° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.