The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1961
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 AM
8:39 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 474
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 359.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.5° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 13.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.15° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 6.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.81° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 348.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.