The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 2190
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% 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
4:11 PM
4:09 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 379,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3307
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 37.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 2.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.42° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.44° / 0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.