The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2118
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
4:11 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2416
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.3° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 0.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.38° / 0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -0.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.99° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.