The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2093
Waning Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:46 AM
10:39 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2107
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 | 242.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -20.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.35° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.47° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.9° |
| 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.