The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2179
Waxing Gibbous
65.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
2:39 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.0%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3171
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
22° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.2° / 59.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 46m / 2.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.21° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.88° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.86° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.