The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1938
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
7:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 190
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 | 194.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.71° / 1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.66° / -1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.48° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.