The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2074
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:45 AM
10:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 374,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1872
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 | 242.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.5° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.18° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.34° / -0.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.66° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.