The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1949
Waning Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
7:33 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 326
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 | 208.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 269.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -27.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.96° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.70° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.