The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2168
Waxing Gibbous
64.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 PM
3:21 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.5%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 380,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3035
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 | 106.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 50.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 01m / 10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.21° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.65° / -5.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.09° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.