The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 1948
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:11 AM
1:48 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 314
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 | 71.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 37m / 23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.54° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.47° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.73° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.