The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, May 14, 1960
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 462
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 266.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 50m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.87° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.11° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.09° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.