The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 PM
5:30 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 54
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 | 156.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 359.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 54m / -6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.07° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.06° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.