The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2131
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
8:39 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2577
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 | 217.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 269.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.65° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.69° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.