The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2175
Waning Crescent
28.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 AM
3:21 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.6%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3121
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 295.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 230.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -2.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.29° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.59° / -1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.20° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.