The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2098
Full Moon
99.8% 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
9:33 PM
6:11 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 390,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2169
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.6° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -23.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.73° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.10° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.