The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
71.8% 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
3:27 PM
3:05 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2466
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / -0.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.48° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.64° / 6.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.07° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.