The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, May 14, 1979
Waning Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 PM
8:35 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 373,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 697
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For May 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 276.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 44m / -18.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.25° / 4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.72° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.