The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1942
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 AM
8:08 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 239
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.2° / 146.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 03m / 12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.87° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.68° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.99° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 35.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.