The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2114
Waxing Gibbous
85.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:54 PM
4:37 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.5%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2367
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.4° / 28.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / 0.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.96° / 4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.47° / -5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.48° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.