The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2143
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 AM
9:42 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2726
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 116.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 19.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.21° / -1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 1.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.13° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.