The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1958
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:04 AM
4:57 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 437
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / 5.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.88° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.39° / -2.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.64° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.