The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 2199
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:24 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3418
Events on this date
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.4° / 256.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.65° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.29° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.