The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2061
Waning Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
4:19 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1711
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 | 307.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 219.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 13m / -0.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.02° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.