The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, May 14, 1978
Waxing Crescent
43.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
1:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.8%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 685
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 | 82.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.1° / 68.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 10m / 12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.26° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.50° / 5.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.67° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.