The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 2188
Waning Gibbous
74.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:57 AM
10:19 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.5%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3282
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 | 240.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -23.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.38° / -3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.64° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.08° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.