The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2090
Waning Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 PM
7:59 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2070
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 283.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -17.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.25° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.86° / -6.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.48° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.