The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1904
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:03 AM
6:55 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -231
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.1° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 44.34° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / 5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.10° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.