The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2066
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 AM
12:20 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1773
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 | 260.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 249.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 09m / -13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.60° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.07° / -3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.27° / 1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.