The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1929
Waxing Crescent
36.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:25 AM
1:56 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.7%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 79
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 64.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 46m / 23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.69° / 5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.87° / -6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.54° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.