The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2192
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 AM
12:28 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3332
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 50.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.35° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.59° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.98° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.