The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, May 14, 1969
Waning Crescent
2.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:06 AM
7:21 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.9%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 573
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 | 340.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.4° / 175.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 15.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.45° / 2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.13° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.