The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2112
Waning Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2342
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.3° / 262.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 53m / -22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 282.31° / 0.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -0.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.08° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.