The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2174
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 PM
5:12 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3109
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 | 165.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.1° / 343.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 29m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.81° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.00° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.25° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.