The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2109
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
7:18 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2305
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 295.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -16.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.07° / 4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.77° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.10° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.5° |
| 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.