The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 15, 1946
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
6:12 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 289
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.7° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -14.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 229.28° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.14° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.09° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 310.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.