The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1963
Waning Gibbous
69.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
10:57 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 499
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 | 246.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 251.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 10m / -20.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.08° / -0.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.96° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.90° / -1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.