The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2107
Waning Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 AM
1:44 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2280
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 | 276.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -7.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 330.64° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.53° / -0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.