The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2144
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:57 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2738
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,300 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.5° / 2.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -12.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.72° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.05° / 0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.26° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.