The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 15, 2161
Waning Gibbous
64.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 AM
11:49 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2948
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 | 253.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 253.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 39m / -13.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.72° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.61° / -5.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.88° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.