The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1968
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:55 PM
7:37 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 561
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 | 210.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -28.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.08° / -4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.49° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.