The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1952
Waning Gibbous
71.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 AM
10:37 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.8%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 363
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 | 244.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 251.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -22.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.07° / -2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.31° / 3.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.