The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, May 14, 1974
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:09 AM
1:27 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 635
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.6° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 48m / -8.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.47° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.33° / -5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.31° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.