The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2155
Waxing Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:29 PM
5:04 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2874
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 | 161.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.4° / 354.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -16.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.91° / -2.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.62° / 4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.04° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.