The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 15, 2198
Waxing Gibbous
64.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
2:38 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 377,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 3406
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 | 107.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.1° / 59.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.45° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.84° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.06° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.