The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2134
Last Quarter
54.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
12:25 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2614
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 265.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 239.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.86° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.71° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.