The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2081
First Quarter
46.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 PM
2:20 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 46.6%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1959
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 46.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.6° / 61.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 39m / 16.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.49° / 2.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.63° / -2.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.31° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.0° |
| 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.