The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2100
Waxing Crescent
34.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
1:41 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.8%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 384,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2194
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 | 72.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.7° / 67.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 21.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.11° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / -3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.72° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.