The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1950
Waning Crescent
5.0% 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
4:56 AM
6:42 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 338
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 188.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 12.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.55° / 1.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.67° / -2.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.31° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.