The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, May 14, 1971
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 AM
9:20 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 382,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 598
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 | 229.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 257.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -25.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.09° / -2.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.30° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.