The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2062
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 PM
2:31 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1724
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.9° / 60.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 16.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.89° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.12° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.