The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, May 14, 1970
Waxing Gibbous
61.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:13 PM
3:01 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.7%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 586
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 | 103.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.7° / 55.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 35m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.84° / 0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.67° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.05° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.