The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2163
Waxing Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:42 PM
4:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 366,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2973
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 | 142.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.2° / 26.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 01m / -7.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.97° / -0.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / 1.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.65° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.