The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2063
Waning Gibbous
89.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.5%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 394,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1736
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 | 217.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.3° / 262.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -28.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.54° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 6.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.27° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| 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.