The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1916
Waxing Gibbous
89.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 PM
3:05 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.0%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -82
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 141.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.3° / 52.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 48m / -10.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.03° / -4.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.17° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.75° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.