The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2084
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
3:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1996
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 121.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 50.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / -3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.12° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.72° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.28° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| 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.