The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 15, 1941
Waning Gibbous
74.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:21 AM
10:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.3%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 227
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 | 240.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 259.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 46m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.32° / 4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.54° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.48° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.