The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 15, 1950
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:18 AM
7:43 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.3° / 164.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 17.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.35° / 2.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.55° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.