The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2160
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:08 PM
3:17 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2936
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 | 123.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.0° / 49.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 46m / -4.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.53° / -5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.34° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.49° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.