The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1932
Waxing Gibbous
61.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:06 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.9%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 116
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 53.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 38m / 10.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.30° / 1.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.46° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.