The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 1949
Waning Gibbous
87.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 379,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 221.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -28.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.71° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / 6.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.88° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.