The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 15, 1948
First Quarter
45.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:26 PM
2:30 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 314
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 85.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 94.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.78° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.63° / -6.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.51° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.