The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 1965
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 PM
5:58 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 524
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 332.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -13.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.92° / 2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / -2.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.50° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.