The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2196
Waning Gibbous
88.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3381
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 | 220.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 265.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 28m / -24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.30° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.39° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.47° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.