The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2104
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
10:52 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2243
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 256.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -17.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.55° / 2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.69° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.