The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2085
Waning Gibbous
60.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
12:10 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2008
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 | 258.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 78.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.3° / 250.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -13.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.80° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.94° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.08° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| 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.