The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1903
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 PM
7:47 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -243
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.61° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.20° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| 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.