The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 1917
Waning Crescent
42.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
12:50 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.9%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -70
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 | 278.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.3° / 252.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -7.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.67° / 3.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.40° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.63° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.