The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1940
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
1:49 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 372,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 215
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.6° / 67.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 28m / 10.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 141.06° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.08° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.