The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1972
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
11:00 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 361,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 611
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 | 21.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.4° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.11° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.72° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.