The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1944
Last Quarter
47.8% 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
2:36 AM
1:12 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 264
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.2° / 238.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 01m / -14.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 327.30° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.52° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.