The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2077
Last Quarter
47.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:12 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1909
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Mars behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.0° / 236.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.08° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.73° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.