The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2184
Waxing Crescent
33.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
1:03 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.7%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3233
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 | 70.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 32m / 15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.40° / -2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.22° / 3.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.34° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.