The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1931
Waning Crescent
8.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 AM
5:55 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.6%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 103
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 4.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.9° / 200.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 7.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.92° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.86° / -0.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.50° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.