The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2151
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 AM
8:06 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2824
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
-
Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 150.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 56m / 13.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.71° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.18° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.0° |
| 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.