The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 1954
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
4:14 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 388
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 28.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 58m / -11.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.79° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.74° / 6.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.86° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.