The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 2180
Waning Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:25 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3183
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 | 260.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.8° / 251.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 07m / -11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.88° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.70° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.