The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1957
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
6:46 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 425
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 | 189.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -19.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.67° / 1.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / -1.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.10° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.