The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2057
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:04 PM
4:39 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1662
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 | 136.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.3° / 26.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.14° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.16° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.47° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.