The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2089
Waxing Crescent
33.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 AM
12:51 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.6%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2058
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 | 70.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 29m / 13.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.23° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.95° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.