The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2096
Last Quarter
47.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:54 AM
1:10 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2144
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 236.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 12m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.01° / -5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.38° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.53° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.