The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1943
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% 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
4:11 PM
4:08 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 252
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 37.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.67° / 3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.04° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.