The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2068
Waxing Gibbous
97.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:26 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.4%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1798
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 | 161.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.1° / 352.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -16.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.31° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / 3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.08° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.