The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2095
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:10 PM
4:44 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2132
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 | 138.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 25.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -0.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.50° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.03° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.07° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.