The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1919
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
5:54 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -45
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:56 PM, is deepest at 9:13 PM and ends at 11:30 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 175.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 319.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.72° / -1.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 2.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.47° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.