The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2157
Waxing Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:32 PM
2:04 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2899
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 | 83.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 64.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 26m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.98° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.51° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.