The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1938
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
6:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 190
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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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 2:56 AM, is deepest at 4:43 AM and ends at 6:30 AM. Totality lasts from 4:18 AM to 5:08 AM. 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 | 183.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.2° / 305.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -19.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.62° / -0.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 0.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.9° |
| 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.