The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 15, 2044
Waning Gibbous
88.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.1%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1501
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For May 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 261.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -28.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.75° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / 6.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.67° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.