The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2121
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:05 AM
7:56 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2453
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 163.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.65° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.13° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.