The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2073
Waxing Gibbous
60.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 PM
2:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.0%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1860
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 | 101.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 56.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.80° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.03° / -0.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.69° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.